Week 12 College football review: What in the world?

Supporting our troops is a great thing. They put their lives on the line for our country, and do things that most of us don’t have the bravery to do.

This sentiment has made its way into college football in a big way this season, and it came to a head on Saturday with South Florida.

The Bulls came out with some helmets that better resembled a zebra than a football uniform. There was not even an indication of the usual South Florida logo on these helmets.

I will admit I did not get to watch any of this game, but just from looking at the photos, I am taken aback by these helmets. Other teams like South Carolina and Texas Tech have used these Wounded Warrior uniforms in the past, but there was never a huge change like this to the helmet.

The Bulls committed a cardinal uniform sin by stunning the viewer with their uniforms. The pattern on the helmets was very different to figure out, and it’s very tough to be aware of what exactly they were going for with the design.

The original prototypes for these helmets did have the South Florida logo on them, but when they were brought out on the field, they were gone. A swing and a miss here.

After that debacle, let’s move to our quick hits:

N.C. State's Tobias Palmer and QB Mike Glennon had their best game of the season in an all-red alternate on Saturday, Photo by Associated Press

N.C. State, who never goes outside the uniform box, went with all-red in a huge upset of Clemson. The look is pretty basic, and would be something the Wolfpack might consider going back to considering the success they had with it on the field.

Texas Tech went with all-white against Missouri. Again, nothing too exciting here, just a uniform change.

Oregon went with all-black in a loss to USC, but it was somewhat sloppy. Instead of going with the neon on black like they did in the season opener against LSU, these silver numbers with yellow outlining didn’t have the same look to them.